- Lament
- A true "lament" is a song expressing sadness at a death. The "Song
of the Bow, David's lament over Saul and Jonathan (2 Sam 1:17ff.)
is the classic example. Typically such "laments" were in lines of
unequal length giving a 3/2 rhythm. Many scholars have classified the psalms
of complaint
as laments, but following Gerstenberger
the term seems better suited to their contents and apparent function.